WTB 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

well again its talk....if he actually listed it, and there were some 5's and 6s on the same auction..we can get that experiment going....there are a lot of PWCC auctions though with many of the same cards in the same auctiion...I still see poor poor centered 6s going for more than great centered 5s.....I doubt any 9 has sold for more than a 10 in modern cards in the same pwcc auction.... for all of these buy the card not the holder its not showing in the bidding ...you would think it would happen more than a miniscule amount ..

Well the PSA 4 and PSA 5 from the Memory Lane ended up selling for the same price. That's probably as close to this experiment as we can get without setting it up ourselves. It shows that at least one collector was willing to buy the card and not the holder.

[1952boyntoncollector]

yeah was close..

there was a 1952 jackie robinson psa 5 centered that sold for 2600 on ebay the other day..that range is psa 6 as well.....whoever those buyers are can say 'buy the card not the holder' they get the pass to do that......

[MattyC]

The 52 Mays-- an astounding 7.5 example-- also shattered historical records, I believe selling for well more than what the last 8 commanded. Another noteworthy sale.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by MattyC

The 52 Mays-- an astounding 7.5 example-- also shattered historical records, I believe selling for well more than what the last 8 commanded. Another noteworthy sale.

i really never into 7.5s...they are like red headed step children.....half grades usually sell for much closer to the base grade....plus registry people a lot of times like the same grades for the sets so .5s get in the way for them

id rather get a 7 for much cheaper ..or pay big money for a 8...just seems like a waste to spend a lot for 8

i hope i am wrong on 7.5s...cause i do have a 1954 psa 7.5 Banks for sale..

[MattyC]

Well, I just bought a 7.5 recently that blows away all but one 8 I could find, and hangs with many of the 9s I saw on VCP and completed eBay sales-- actually besting many of the 9s in the centering and color department. I chose it over a few 8s that were available to me, as to me it was the better card. I'd also say that I have seen MANY half grade cards sell for much closer to the upper grade than the lower-- all depends on the card. If one buys a high end half grade, likely it will sell closer to the upper grade, I believe.

I'd offer that cards are each unique, discrete pieces, and need to be evaluated as such. Even with the TPGs efforts to herd cards into neat boxes, all cards in the same grade are simply not the same card, and some will not behave according to the VCP pricing grid. I couldn't generalize against an entire specific grade, and it seems whoever landed the Mays 7.5, along with the lucky new eventual owner of that nice Banks 7.5 RC, feels likewise